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Definition of Privily
1. Adverb. Confidentially or in secret. "Told her friend privily that she was planning to be married"
Definition of Privily
1. adv. In a privy manner; privately; secretly.
Definition of Privily
1. Adverb. (context: now archaic) In a private manner; privately. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Privily
1. privy [adv] - See also: privy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Privily
Literary usage of Privily
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1905)
"for privily stealing from the person was Illegal, In that all the testimony for
the state shows that, If the one dollar and twenty-five cents was stolen by ..."
2. A Practical Treatise on the Criminal Law: Comprising the Practice, Pleadings by Joseph Chitty, Richard Peters (1819)
"rece'v- mg money (by a certain felon, to the jurors aforesaid as yet unknown,)
from to help a the person of him the said JL privily, secretly, ..."
3. The Gentleman's Magazine (1788)
"... even denying the would " privily bring in The author of the traft in review
fets forth the concurrence ef the ceremonial " Lord that bought them. ..."
4. Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Gospels: Designed for Sunday School by Albert Barnes (1863)
"In that privily called the wise men, inquir ed of them diligently what time thd
... privily. Secretly, privately. He did this to ascertain the time when ..."
5. The Christian Remembrancer by William Scott (1857)
"Let a ' sudden destruction come upon HIM unawares, and HIS net that ' he hath
laid privily, catch HIMSELF.' ' Wicked doers shall be ' rooted out. ..."
6. Notes Explanatory and Practical on the Acts of the Apostles: Designed for ...by Albert Barnes by Albert Barnes (1863)
"4) says, that have cast us into prison ; and now do they thrust us out privily ?
Nay, verily ; but lot them come them, the body of every Roman citizen was ..."
7. Ninety-six Sermons by Lancelot Andrewes (1853)
"Then David arose, and cut off the lap of Saul's garment privily. And afterward,
David was touched in his heart, because he had cut off the lap which was on ..."
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